Definitions For Sluff

Verb

{{en-verb}} Alternative spelling of slough, nodot=1 (to shed or to slide off). ignore, shrug (off) Alternative spelling of slough, nodot=1 (discard). to avoid working : He's sluffing off somewhere. (transitive) To play truant from (school).

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slough

Noun

SLUFF (plural SLUFFs) Alternative spelling of slough, nodot=1 (skin shed by a snake or other reptile). : That is the sluff of a rattler; we must be careful. Alternative spelling of slough, nodot=1 (dead skin on a sore or ulcer). : This is the sluff that came off of his skin after the burn. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.

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slough

Alternative forms

slough

Etymology

From {{etyl, enm, en}} slough, , skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst, akin to Middle High German slûch, , slough (whence German Schlauch, , tube, hose).